Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State have arrested a suspected inter-state baby trafficker, recognized as Isaac Okonu, who allegedly introduced 4 minor boys and one Dominick Udoh, 23 years previous, from Akwa Ibom State to Osun to work as laborers. to work.
In a press release signed by Amotekun spokesperson in Osun State, Yusuff Idowu, obtained on Saturday in Osogbo, the corps stated the automobile carrying the suspect and the victims to Osun was intercepted in Ifetedo space of the state.
The 23-year-old suspect, who can also be from Akwa Ibom State, allegedly lured the victims from their state with the supply of jobs for them in Lagos, with out in search of the consent of their mother and father.
Nonetheless, it was discovered that the suspect deliberate to take the victims to Ajebandele village in Osun the place he deliberate to make use of them as laborers on farms.
The assertion additional learn partially:
“The operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps, on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at about 6:45 p.m., arrested a younger man Isaac Okonu, 23 years previous, from Akwa Ibom State for trafficking 5 younger boys to Ajebandele in Osun State with out the consent of their mother and father or kin.
“The suspect was arrested by the boys of Amotekun in Ifetedo after the motive force of the automobile that transported them from Akwa Ibom to Osun State lodged a criticism with the Amotekun Ifetedo Commando in Ife South Native Authorities and the Space Commander of Amotekun Ife . The officers instantly took motion and arrested the suspect on the spot.
“The suspect admitted to having trafficked the boys with out the consent of their mother and father or kin. Isaac stated he met the younger boys on the motor park in Akwa Ibom State begging for cash and informed them that if they may comply with him to Lagos State, he might present jobs for them. He took them with out the consent of their mother and father or kin and moved them to Osun State, en path to Ajebandele, earlier than fortune met him in Ifetedo…
“The suspect and the victims have been transferred to the headquarters of the Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP), Osogbo, for additional interrogation and prosecution.”
